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Where does “mese” come from?

mese (Middle English) comes from Old English mēse, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “mese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmēse—
2Latinmēnsa—
3Latinmēnsus—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mese”

  • mese
  • mease
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →